Professor Rade Vignjevic
Professor - Structural Integrity
Howell Building 107
- Email: v.rade@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268455
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
Professor Rade Vignjevic joined Brunel from Cranfield University, where he was Head of the Applied Mechanics and Astronautics Department. His area of technical expertise includes nonlinear transient finite element method, SPH, impact mechanics, crashworthiness and structural integrity. Together with his research team, they have achieved international recognition for work on modelling the transient response of materials and structures, specifically meshless methods; impact and crashworthiness of aerospace structures; and shock waves and damage in metals and composites.
Responsibility
Theme Leader for Structural Integrity, Brunel University, London
Previously: Head of the Applied Mechanics and Astronautics Department – Cranfield University; Head Crashworthiness, Impact and Structural Mechanics Group – Cranfield University
Newest selected publications
Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., Galka, A., Appleby Thomas, G. and Hughes, K. (2022) 'Constitutive model for fibre reinforced composites with progressive damage based on the spectral decomposition of material stiffness tensor'. Composite Structures, 292. pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 0263-8223 Open Access Link
Campbell, JC., Hughes, K., Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., Taylor, N. and Jardine, A. (2022) 'Development of modelling design tool for harpoon for active space debris removal'. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 166. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0734-743X Open Access Link
Giannaros, E., Kotzakolios, A., Kostopoulos, V., Sotiriadis, G., Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., et al. (2021) 'Low- and high-fidelity modeling of sandwich-structured composite response to bird strike, as tools for a digital-twin-assisted damage diagnosis'. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 160 (February 2022). pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 0734-743X Open Access Link
Vignjevic, R., DeVuyst, T. and Campbell, J. (2021) 'The nonlocal, local and mixed forms of the SPH method'. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 387. pp. 1 - 36. ISSN: 0045-7825 Open Access Link
Jaric, J., Vignjevic, R. and Mesarevic, S. (2020) 'Transport Theorem for Spaces and Subspaces of Arbitrary Dimensions'. Mathematics, 8 (6). pp. 1 - 23. ISSN: 2227-7390 Open Access Link